Supreme Tamer

Chapter 973: Chapter 839: Competing for Supremacy (Part 1)

“The four people on the right side of Yang Qian are all Yang Que’s most proud disciples. Among them, Qing Xue has already expressed his willingness to join our Soul Hall, but the stances of the other three are still uncertain. The three people on Yang Qian’s left are disciples from Medicine Desolate Zhu Chao, with the one closest to Yang Qian being called Zhu Zizhan. This man is Zhu Chao’s adopted son, second only to Yang Qian in his Spirit Art achievements, and he’s also a very strong Soul Pet Master. His chances of winning the championship are considerable too.”

Princess Wan Ning softly introduced the more outstanding individuals with the credentials to vie for first place to Chu Mu, who was sitting beside her.

Chu Mu wore a mask, and sitting on equal footing with the Soul Hall Princess presented a significant problem, as it attracted a lot of attention.

On one hand, Chu Mu didn’t want Ye Qingzi to see him for the time being, and on the other, he was worried that some people from the World Realm might recognize him. After all, the huge king statue in World City that Chu Mu once looked up to had now become his own statue. In a crowded place like this, Chu Mu felt it was better not to flaunt his appearance carelessly, as there might be participants from The World Decree who had seen him.

So, in this situation, it was better to keep a low profile.

Chu Mu’s gaze drifted downward, as he began searching for Ye Qingzi in the sea of people.

However, Ye Qingzi and Ye Wansheng had clearly disguised themselves, making them difficult to find even with Soul Sense, and Ning Man’er was not suitable to appear in a crowd like this either.

While Chu Mu was searching for Ye Qingzi, Ye Wansheng had already noticed Chu Mu sitting in the high Four-sided Seats.

Ye Wansheng knew that Chu Mu was the Soul Hall Young Master and didn’t find it strange to see him beside Princess Wan Ning. At most, he envied him and rolled his eyes a few times.

Ye Qingzi was participating as a wandering Spirit Master, so she was almost standing at the outermost ring, making her less likely to attract attention here.

Ye Wansheng stood beside Ye Qingzi, acting as her second in command.

Each competing Spirit Master could have a second in command. Ye Wansheng wasn’t actually qualified to be a competent second in command, but his main purpose here was to protect his younger sister.

If people knew that Ye Qingzi was Ying Rong’s disciple, the Soul Covenant would definitely not let the two of them off easily.

“How amusing. You were arranged in the outer periphery, yet you still wear a mask. Do you really think that will draw attention?” Suddenly, a sharp voice from a female Spirit Master came from beside Ye Qingzi.

Ye Qingzi lifted her gaze and indifferently glanced at the Spirit Master beside her.

This Spirit Master was dressed flamboyantly, with lips as red as blood; her seductive eyes flitted everywhere. However, whenever they passed over the high-status men seated in the Four-sided Seats, her expression held a trace of a smile.

Ye Qingzi stood silent in the face of the deliberate mockery from the female Spirit Master beside her.

Indeed, Ye Qingzi had a mask on her face, which completely covered her features.

Many Spirit Masters present were wearing masks because quite a few did not wish to join any power or had already decided to join certain ones. So, they wore masks, ensuring that even if they ranked high in the Spirit Art competition and proved their strength, they wouldn’t be pursued and coerced by major powers into joining.

Therefore, wearing a mask in such a situation often meant that they were unwilling to join any powers.

Like those Spirit Masters arranged at the very end, they were mostly unknown and had no prestige in their respective fields, and major powers were too indifferent to send scouts for such Spirit Masters. Wearing masks and presenting themselves as aloof made it easy for them to become targets of ridicule.

“Dressed provocatively, are you here to compete in Spirit Arts, or are you here to sell flesh!” Ye Wansheng found her very disagreeable and spat out the insult directly.

Ye Wansheng’s first instinct was to quarrel with others, especially women, and even in this scenario, he didn’t forget his nature.

“Hah, a mere Medicine Child dares to lecture me, didn’t your Master teach you to shut your foul mouth when you’re not even qualified to be called a Spirit Master!” The garishly-lipsticked Spirit Master snapped back just as vehemently.

Soon, Ye Wansheng and the ostentatious woman started hurling insults at each other, their voices growing louder and more raucous.

Ye Qingzi, clothed in a black Pharmacist robe, remained indifferent, standing still. She was used to her brother’s brawling antics, having achieved the ability to filter out his voice.

Ye Qingzi’s eyes moved beyond circles of onlookers, focusing on those seated at the innermost tables. She was well aware that in this Spirit Art competition, there would be individuals there who posed a threat to her claiming the first place.

“Spirit Art competition, today’s preliminaries. I’m sure you’ve all noticed the simple vessels and Spirit Grass arranged on the stone tables and know what you’re supposed to do…” The person in charge of the event was an elder, whose voice of Soul Sense covered the entire plaza.

“We’re testing your foundational skills today, refining. There are three bottles containing Spirit Grass on your stone table, along with ten basic Spirit Jugs. You need to extract the most and purest Spirit Liquid within the allotted two hours. Afterward, our personnel will assess your extracted Spirit Liquid on site. Those who meet the requirements will advance to the next round of competition.”

“Alright, you may begin now.”

As soon as the elder finished speaking, one could see the masses of Spirit Masters in the plaza immediately bowing their heads, each taking out a piece of Spirit Grass and starting the first step of extraction.

These people, whether skilled or inexperienced, tense or relaxed, could not know whose spirit art was superior until the results were out.

“What is this refining for again? How do we judge the quality?” Ye Wansheng leaned over to Ye Qingzi, looked at the ten completely incomprehensible vessels above, and asked.

Ye Wansheng knew nothing about spirit art. Today’s competition meant he had to find out how high his younger sister’s proficiency in spirit art was, so he specifically asked for an explanation on how to determine the ranking in this confrontation of spirit arts.

Ye Qingzi’s fundamentals were already very solid. She treated it as a very simple gesture, instantly putting the ten disorderly vessels in a neat row and sorting them in the correct sequence.

“Everyone uses the same materials and vessels. This is the common Moon Grass, generally used to refine its spirit juice as a fusion agent for some Crystal Stones. The purity of the spirit juice determines the quality of the combined attributes in the merged stones…” Ye Qingzi slowly explained to Ye Wansheng.

For her current level, doing such a simple refining did not require full concentration; she could even complete it with her eyes closed, let alone talk to someone else while doing it.

The success of strengthening soul pets with spirit items and Crystal Stones is not guaranteed. If a soul pet is not well-prepared for a breakthrough, the strengthening will fail, and the quality of the spirit items has a significant effect too.

Take, for instance, Emperor-Level spirit items. Some Emperor-Level spirit items can guarantee a bottlenecked soul pet’s strengthening to emperor level.

But some low-quality spirit items, despite also being Emperor-Level, might allow a Monarch to become an Emperor, but the success rate could be less than one percent.

That’s the disparity in the quality of spirit items.

Generally, wild, natural spirit items are of high quality, while those refined by Spirit Masters are much lower.

“Then with these three Moon Grasses, what quality can you achieve?” Ye Wansheng asked.

“Perfect grade quality. If the quality is the same, I presume the ranking will be decided by the quantity,” Ye Qingzi replied.

“Little sister, your Medicine Child here, knowing nothing, dares to be a pharmacist?” At this moment, the female Spirit Master nearby let out another sharp, mocking laugh.

“Ignore this old woman,” Ye Wansheng said.

“Who are you calling an old woman!!” the female Spirit Master immediately looked as if she was about to explode!!

Ye Qingzi did not speak further and began to focus on her refining.

It was easy for Ye Qingzi to refine a perfect grade fusion agent from the Moon Grass. She believed that there were also a portion of people present who could easily complete the perfect grade refinement.

Ye Qingzi wanted to know how much perfect quality fusion agent she could refine from the three limited Moon Grass resources.

…

While Ye Qingzi gave Ye Wansheng a rough explanation about quality issues, Chu Mu was also inquiring Teacher De about how the refining competition was judged.

“How many people do you think can refine perfect grade quality here?” Chu Mu asked.

“High-quality, with a volume reaching one liter, is considered qualified. There should be around two thousand people who can meet this. As for those who can refine perfect grade quality, with a volume of one drop, the number should be around five hundred,” Teacher De patiently explained to Chu Mu.

Teacher De was also among the few who knew Chu Mu’s identity, and his proficiency in spirit art was very high in Spirit City.

“My two disciples should be able to refine about five drops of perfect grade Spirit Liquid, which is quite excellent in the competition. However, there’s still a big gap between them and a few others. I estimate that Yang Qian, Zhu Zizhan, and the Grand Princess of the Soul Pet Palace, could all refine about ten drops of perfect quality,” Teacher De said.

“It’s just uncertain whether they will use their full strength in this matchup, as this is a test of basic skills.”

Chu Mu nodded. According to what Ye Wansheng said, Ye Qingzi had a very good chance of competing for first place. In terms of basic skills, she should not be inferior to those few people mentioned by Teacher De.

Two hours was not a very long time, and even before the time was up, Chu Mu saw many Spirit Masters had already stopped refining and were waiting for the end.

These Spirit Masters perhaps had taken the Moon Grass to the limit, or they had already achieved the qualifying standards and felt it unnecessary to continue refining.

But Chu Mu noticed that the hundred Spirit Masters with the most substantial backgrounds at the first ring’s stone table had not stopped refining; clearly, they intended to compete in this first round over the amount of perfect grade refinement!

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